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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel All member sponsored bills have been filed for the 2017 Session. Following is a summary of bills filed as of March 12, 2017 that FIC is following related to health insurance, pharmacy, and health insurance mandates. The summary was prepared by FIC General Counsel Katrina Callaway based on…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel All member sponsored bills have been filed for the 2017 Session. Following is a summary of bills filed as of March 12, 2017 that FIC is following related to medical malpractice insurance. The summary was prepared by FIC General Counsel Katrina Callaway based on her review of the…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel All member sponsored bills have been filed for the 2017 Session. Following is a summary of bills filed as of March 12, 2017 that FIC is following related to life insurance. The summary was prepared by FIC General Counsel Katrina Callaway based on her review of the bills. …
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel All member sponsored bills have been filed for the 2017 Session. Following is a summary of bills filed as of March 12, 2017 that FIC is following related to insurance agents or adjusters. The summary was prepared by FIC General Counsel Katrina Callaway based on her review of…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel All member sponsored bills have been filed for the 2017 Session. Following is a summary of miscellaneous insurance bills filed as of March 12, 2017 that FIC is following. These bills apply to more than one line of insurance or apply to commercial general liability policies. The summary was…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel All member sponsored bills have been filed for the 2017 Session. Following is a summary of bills filed as of March 12, 2017 that FIC is following related to auto insurance. The summary was prepared by FIC General Counsel Katrina Callaway based on her review of the bills. …
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel NCCI released its pricing of the House proposed workers’ compensation committee bills on March 10, 2017. The bills priced by NCCI were the draft bills workshopped in committee on March 7, 2017. The final versions of the bills, which are attached, were released by the committee on March 10,…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel AOB reform has been a priority of the FIC Property Committee for numerous years. Because the Legislature has failed to address the issue in past Sessions, homeowners are now seeing rapidly increasing premiums due to the increasing frequency and severity of water loss claims and the use of AOBs…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Senate prejudgment interest bill stalled in its last committee on March 9, 2017 even after the bill was substantially watered down. It appears the bill sponsor, Sen. Steube, didn’t have the votes to get the watered down bill out of committee, thus the bill was postponed. The House…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On March 9, 2017, the Florida Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association (FLAHIGA) bill, HB 307, unanimously passed its last committee. It will now will be heard on the House floor when scheduled by the Rules Committee. The Senate bill is identical to the House bill, but has not…